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gyrase

gyrase noun: an enzyme that supercoils DNA.

Noun

gyrase (countable and uncountable, plural gyrases)

  1. An enzyme that supercoils DNA.

Forms of gyrase

pluralgyrases

Origin of gyrase

From gyro- + -ase.

Questions about gyrase

What does gyrase mean?
Gyrase means an enzyme that supercoils DNA.
What part of speech is gyrase?
Gyrase is a noun.
What is the plural of gyrase?
The plural of gyrase is gyrases.

Words near gyrase in the dictionary

  1. gyradius
  2. gyrae
  3. gyral
  4. gyrally
  5. gyrant
  6. gyrase
  7. gyrases
  8. gyrate
  9. gyrated
  10. gyrates
  11. gyrating

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